The Public Health Agency (PHA) was delighted to welcome Mary Gordon, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Roots of Empathy (ROE) Canada to Strandtown Primary School for a very special visit during World Empathy Week to see first-hand the programme being delivered to children across Northern Ireland. Empathy is described as the ability to take on another person’s perspective, to understand, feel, share and respond to their experience. The Roots of Empathy programme reflects this perfectly. Roots of Empathy is funded by the PHA and co-ordinated by local health trusts working closely